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HaGGaR - 29 Jul 2007 20:07 GMT

In my Olympus E500, camera will report card error, I have 2 of these and the
second works fine. Is there something wrong with the card? What goes wrong
with them??

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Jonathan - 30 Jul 2007 00:25 GMT

> In my Olympus E500, camera will report card error, I have 2 of these
> and the second works fine. Is there something wrong with the card?
> What goes wrong with them??

Sometimes they get corrupt. I have an old Lexar card that has some pictures
on it that can be copied but not deleted. It can not be formatted of written
to no matter what I try. I don't remember being responsible but I may have
removed it while being written to. That would do it along with being
subjected to a static charge or dropped causing shock which is the most
unlikely event. Have you tried formatting the card while in the camera? Not
advisable to do it in a computer.

Jon

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Impmon - 30 Jul 2007 03:35 GMT

>> In my Olympus E500, camera will report card error, I have 2 of these
>> and the second works fine. Is there something wrong with the card?
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>unlikely event. Have you tried formatting the card while in the camera? Not
>advisable to do it in a computer.

Another possibility: the memory card is "used" up. The chip inside
(usually EEPROM) that stores the pictures are good for so many write
cycles before it burns out and can't be written, erased, or
reformatted anymore. A good quality card is typically good for over
100,000 write cycles, which is usually longer than the life of most
camera camera people have.

Try formatting it in the computer. if it works, reformat inside your
camera first and you should be ok. If the card won't reformat, then
your card is likely burned out.

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HaGGaR - 30 Jul 2007 19:14 GMT

Arggghh!!

I tried formatting in the camera, wouldn't format, reported a card error, I
will attempt in the computer. I have a card reader in my HP Printer, is that
OK to use?

>>> In my Olympus E500, camera will report card error, I have 2 of these
>>> and the second works fine. Is there something wrong with the card?
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> camera first and you should be ok. If the card won't reformat, then
> your card is likely burned out.

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HaGGaR - 30 Jul 2007 20:32 GMT

Well, I tried the computer format, formatted OK, then I formatted in the
camera, no errors as of yet!

Thank you for all your guidence!!

> Arggghh!!
>
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>> camera first and you should be ok. If the card won't reformat, then
>> your card is likely burned out.

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